# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 59
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1161 "2020-03-13T05:31:51Z")
A state or place you’d like to be in right now 1. South Burlington VT 2. Stowe VT 3. Honolulu HI 4. San Francisco, CA Visited years ago, and always wanted to go back. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1162 "2020-03-13T07:33:11Z")
A state or place you’d like to be in right now 1. South Burlington VT 2. Stowe VT 3. Honolulu HI 4. San Francisco, CA 5. Belize Beaches, Mayan ruins, 80 degree weather and no COVID-19 cases reported ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1163 "2020-03-13T08:00:08Z")
A state or place you’d like to be in right now 1. South Burlington VT 2. Stowe VT 3. Honolulu HI 4. San Francisco, CA 5. Belize 6. Paris Have been there 5 times; hoping for a 6th. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1164 "2020-03-13T10:09:24Z")
A state or place you’d like to be in right now 1. South Burlington VT 2. Stowe VT 3. Honolulu HI 4. San Francisco, CA 5. Belize 6. Paris 7. Karakol, Kyrgyzstan “I can see China from my house!” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1165 "2020-03-13T10:36:54Z")
A state or place you’d like to be in right now 1. South Burlington VT 2. Stowe VT 3. Honolulu HI 4. San Francisco, CA 5. Belize 6. Paris 7. Karakol, Kyrgyzstan 8. Fairland, IN Oh, wait, I’m here! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1166 "2020-03-13T11:23:17Z")
A state or place you’d like to be in right now 1. South Burlington VT 2. Stowe VT 3. Honolulu HI 4. San Francisco, CA 5. Belize 6. Paris 7. Karakol, Kyrgyzstan 8. Fairland, IN 9. Loveland CO ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1167 "2020-03-13T11:36:13Z")
A state or place you’d like to be in right now 1. South Burlington VT 2. Stowe VT 3. Honolulu HI 4. San Francisco, CA 5. Belize 6. Paris 7. Karakol, Kyrgyzstan 8. Fairland, IN 9. Loveland CO 10. Bryce Canyon, UT ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1168 "2020-03-13T11:57:22Z")
A state or place you’d like to be in right now 1. South Burlington VT 2. Stowe VT 3. Honolulu HI 4. San Francisco, CA 5. Belize 6. Paris 7. Karakol, Kyrgyzstan 8. Fairland, IN 9. Loveland CO 10. Bryce Canyon, UT 11. Lovelock NV ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1169 "2020-03-13T14:17:07Z")
A state or place you’d like to be in right now 1. South Burlington VT 2. Stowe VT 3. Honolulu HI 4. San Francisco, CA 5. Belize 6. Paris 7. Karakol, Kyrgyzstan 8. Fairland, IN 9. Loveland CO 10. Bryce Canyon, UT 11. Lovelock NV 12. Abel Tasman National Park NZ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1170 "2020-03-13T16:01:28Z")
A state or place you’d like to be in right now 1. South Burlington VT 2. Stowe VT 3. Honolulu HI 4. San Francisco, CA 5. Belize 6. Paris 7. Karakol, Kyrgyzstan 8. Fairland, IN 9. Loveland CO 10. Bryce Canyon, UT 11. Lovelock NV 12. Abel Tasman National Park NZ 13. McMurdo Base and the South Pole, Antarctica Always wanted to visit! Next up: Overheard at the White House in recent days 1. “Fine, smart guy, YOU tell him his CV19 test result.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1171 "2020-03-13T16:09:45Z")
Overheard at the White House in recent days 1. “Fine, smart guy, YOU tell him his CV19 test result.” 2. “If Pence dies, we’ll just prop up the body. Nobody’ll know the difference.” ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1172 "2020-03-13T16:53:11Z")
Overheard at the White House in recent days 1. “Fine, smart guy, YOU tell him his CV19 test result.” 2. “If Pence dies, we’ll just prop up the body. Nobody’ll know the difference.” 3. “Uhhh… aw fuck. Uh oh, I gottta pen mark. Anybody got any white stuff?” > **['Oh f\*\*\*': Trump caught on hot mic before announcing unprecedented travel ban](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-coronavirus-travel-ban-hot-mic-video-us-europe-uk-speech-oval-office-a9396106.html)** > > Moments before announcing a ban on all travel from Europe as the number of coronavirus cases in the US balloons to nearly 1,300, Donald Trump appears to have been caught on a hot mic saying "oh f\*\*\*" and asking for "white stuff" to repair a "pen... ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1173 "2020-03-13T17:15:33Z")
Overheard at the White House in recent days 1. “Fine, smart guy, YOU tell him his CV19 test result.” 2. “If Pence dies, we’ll just prop up the body. Nobody’ll know the difference.” 3. “Uhhh… aw fuck. Uh oh, I gottta pen mark. Anybody got any white stuff?” 4. “The stock market will zoom again, bigly! It’ll be a miracle!” ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1174 "2020-03-13T17:27:45Z")
Overheard at the White House in recent days 1. “Fine, smart guy, YOU tell him his CV19 test result.” 2. “If Pence dies, we’ll just prop up the body. Nobody’ll know the difference.” 3. “Uhhh… aw fuck. Uh oh, I gottta pen mark. Anybody got any white stuff?” 4. “The stock market will zoom again, bigly! It’ll be a miracle!” 5. “We have the best coronavirus. It’s perfect. No one can beat our coronavirus.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1175 "2020-03-13T19:01:50Z")
Overheard at the White House in recent days 1. “Fine, smart guy, YOU tell him his CV19 test result.” 2. “If Pence dies, we’ll just prop up the body. Nobody’ll know the difference.” 3. “Uhhh… aw fuck. Uh oh, I gottta pen mark. Anybody got any white stuff?” 4. “The stock market will zoom again, bigly! It’ll be a miracle!” 5. “We have the best coronavirus. It’s perfect. No one can beat our coronavirus.” 6. “Hey, if all those old guys are wiped out, won’t that save Social Security?” ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1176 "2020-03-13T19:25:47Z")
Overheard at the White House in recent days 1. “Fine, smart guy, YOU tell him his CV19 test result.” 2. “If Pence dies, we’ll just prop up the body. Nobody’ll know the difference.” 3. “Uhhh… aw fuck. Uh oh, I gottta pen mark. Anybody got any white stuff?” 4. “The stock market will zoom again, bigly! It’ll be a miracle!” 5. “We have the best coronavirus. It’s perfect. No one can beat our coronavirus.” 6. “Hey, if all those old guys are wiped out, won’t that save Social Security?” 7. “Can’t we just completely quarantine California? They weren’t going to vote for me anyway.” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1177 "2020-03-13T19:42:36Z")
Overheard at the White House in recent days 1. “Fine, smart guy, YOU tell him his CV19 test result.” 2. “If Pence dies, we’ll just prop up the body. Nobody’ll know the difference.” 3. “Uhhh… aw fuck. Uh oh, I gottta pen mark. Anybody got any white stuff?” 4. “The stock market will zoom again, bigly! It’ll be a miracle!” 5. “We have the best coronavirus. It’s perfect. No one can beat our coronavirus.” 6. “Hey, if all those old guys are wiped out, won’t that save Social Security?” 7. “Can’t we just completely quarantine California? They weren’t going to vote for me anyway.” 8. “Putin on line one.” ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1178 "2020-03-13T21:47:22Z")
Overheard at the White House in recent days 1. “Fine, smart guy, YOU tell him his CV19 test result.” 2. “If Pence dies, we’ll just prop up the body. Nobody’ll know the difference.” 3. “Uhhh… aw fuck. Uh oh, I gottta pen mark. Anybody got any white stuff?” 4. “The stock market will zoom again, bigly! It’ll be a miracle!” 5. “We have the best coronavirus. It’s perfect. No one can beat our coronavirus.” 6. “Hey, if all those old guys are wiped out, won’t that save Social Security?” 7. “Can’t we just completely quarantine California? They weren’t going to vote for me anyway.” 8. “Putin on line one.” 9. “Please, please, let me out of this madhouse!” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1179 "2020-03-14T01:49:43Z")
Overheard at the White House in recent days 1. “Fine, smart guy, YOU tell him his CV19 test result.” 2. “If Pence dies, we’ll just prop up the body. Nobody’ll know the difference.” 3. “Uhhh… aw fuck. Uh oh, I gottta pen mark. Anybody got any white stuff?” 4. “The stock market will zoom again, bigly! It’ll be a miracle!” 5. “We have the best coronavirus. It’s perfect. No one can beat our coronavirus.” 6. “Hey, if all those old guys are wiped out, won’t that save Social Security?” 7. “Can’t we just completely quarantine California? They weren’t going to vote for me anyway.” 8. “Putin on line one.” 9. “Please, please, let me out of this madhouse!” 10. “It’s just the sniffles, I’m OK” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1180 "2020-03-14T02:11:13Z")
Overheard at the White House in recent days 1. “Fine, smart guy, YOU tell him his CV19 test result.” 2. “If Pence dies, we’ll just prop up the body. Nobody’ll know the difference.” 3. “Uhhh… aw fuck. Uh oh, I gottta pen mark. Anybody got any white stuff?” 4. “The stock market will zoom again, bigly! It’ll be a miracle!” 5. “We have the best coronavirus. It’s perfect. No one can beat our coronavirus.” 6. “Hey, if all those old guys are wiped out, won’t that save Social Security?” 7. “Can’t we just completely quarantine California? They weren’t going to vote for me anyway.” 8. “Putin on line one.” 9. “Please, please, let me out of this madhouse!” 10. “It’s just the sniffles, I’m OK” 11. “Donald, quit sneezing into your tie.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=60)